According to home builder Metricon, creating the perfect coastal boho style home is easier than you think – and much more affordable than taking a holiday at your favourite resort.
If we could name just two things we love about a holiday to the beach, it’d have to be the freedom and freshness. The thing we dislike the most? The sand. What if we could bring that freedom and freshness into our own home to enjoy all year round – and leave the sand behind?
That’s what the Coastal Boho home style is all about. It allows you to bring the best parts of a summer holiday home into your life all year round with a coastal theme. Add the carefree vibes, seaside living ideals and resort comfort to your design and you’ll also set the tone for a boho style design.
The following are their best suggestions to create the ideal holiday-style house, no matter where you live.
Outside The Home
To get the look of ocean freedom, you want to stick to lighter colours outside the home. Soft, neutral whites, perhaps a light shade of blue or grey, combined with large balconies or a wrap around veranda, a gable roof and weatherboard cladding. Large open windows and full size glass doors will allow you to capture the breeze and a pool is always an added “holiday” bonus.
Natural Flow
Inside and outside the home, ensure the colours you have blend well together. Having plenty of windows and natural lighting to help bring the outdoors inside, and open plan living is always a good idea to enhance your sense of freedom and space. When you walk into the front door, you want to immediately feel welcome into the open space.
Think Innovation & Space
If you can’t build out, build up. Two storey living allows you to create your own open plan living space. Include a leisure room plus abundant living space, bedrooms and office space, and spread these out over both levels for maximum comfort. A balcony on the top level, patio on the bottom, allows you to make the most of the summer sunshine, spring breezes and the crispness of autumn.
Style It Right
To benefit from ocean boho living, you need to create a home that is the epitome of cool. If you have elegant timber flooring, you can enhance this feature even further with shades of blue, white and grey. Soft furnishings that have beautifully coloured patterns and prints, such as stripes or large florals, balanced with white linen sofa covers and sheer curtains, provide luxury and light.
Stick with a soft, raw palette for inspiration, natural textures and layers, and you’ll have the home of your dreams in no time.
